Chinese digital health start-up iCarbonX sought in its new headquarters complex a design that reflected the organizations pursuit of cutting-edge medical science platforms that connect intelligence.
The organization is taking steps into the uncharted territory of mapping and digitizing human health, with an ambitious research team focused on future possibilities. Situated in the contemporary metropolis of Shenzhen in southeast China, iCarbonX’s new space needed to embody the intricacies and innovation of a business centered on the potential that genome investigation and capture offers.
GroupGSA’s response to this challenge deftly weaves together two elegant towers to create a cohesive residential and commercial complex. Informed and inspired by the double helix structure of DNA, twisting coils at the heart of the design infuse the iCarbonX Towers with the essence of life and creation – coupling diverse functional areas together into a single working organism.
Our aim was to connect experience, connect data and connect people across the design, delivering a working and lifestyle experience that provides a sense of scale and ambition which simultaneously energizes and calms.
The strong elegant exterior houses the interior collage of work spaces, manifesting the endless information housed in the simple, but perfect double helix of DNA. This design ethos is invoked through the structured elevations and circulations of the balconies.
A continuous flow winding chain is carried up through the skyline, with its complexity played out in internal circulating paths. The dual balconies provide areas of serenity, with tranquil terrace gardens capping each tower.
Large glass windows and hexagonal perforated metal panels create a transparent and spacious interior environment that brings life and the natural world into the space.
2018
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Total Land Area: 13368 m2
Total GFA: 115 000 m2
Underground Area: 41 000 m2
Height: 200 meters
Use: Office, Commercial, Service Apartment, Cultural Facilities
Design Team: Design Leader: Alina Valcarce;
Designers: Mannal Kahn, Tara Deng, Jason Lu, James Wang
ICarbonX Towers Shenzhen by Group GSA in China won the WA Award Cycle 28. Please find below the WA Award poster for this project.
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